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| Spatini® Spaghetti Sauce Mix |
By Todd Wilbur
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Recipe Rating:     (15 reviews) |
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Since the Spatini Italian Foods Company discontinued production and sale of its spaghetti sauce mix in December 2006, Internet discussion groups have organized petitions pleading to bring the product back. For more than forty years generations of families have enjoyed spaghetti made by mixing a packet of top secret powder with canned tomato sauce. But after Spatini disappeared from grocery store shelves, the only way to get that same flavor on spaghetti required locating leftover stock on the Internet -- and paying dearly for it. On eBay, 10-box lots of Spatini sold for up to ten times what they originally cost in stores. Now you can save your hard-earned lira and still get real Spatini flavor, because after analyzing a packet of the mix I've discovered a great way to clone this "Dead Food" at even less cost than the product's retail price before it became extinct. The secret ingredient is a crushed-up beef bouillon cube, which contains the precise quantity of salt and natural flavors, plus autolyzed yeast extract (a flavor enhancer), to mirror the original blend. Add a couple ground herbs, onion, garlic, powdered sugar, and cornstarch to substitute for the potato starch used in the real thing, and you'll have the exact amount of mix you need to recreate the spaghetti sauce you grew up with.
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1 beef bouillon cube, crushed 1 1/2 teaspoons
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Pulverize the beef bouillon cube to a powder using
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Charlotte      |
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10/29/2009 9:37:00 AM |
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First, I can’t believe that no one has sung your praises up to now this year!
I am so happy that I was able to find the recipe on your site to recreate the Spatini sauce mix. Like another person who made the recipe, I cut down on the powdered sugar. I usually make a triple batch and then just have it ready when I need it. Oh, and I still add some sweet Vermouth for the liquid just like I did with the packaged Spatini.
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Robin      |
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10/10/2009 9:40:00 AM |
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Thank goodness I found your site and the Spatini recipe. I use less powdered sugar. And, to make it even closer to the original Spatini, I add Sweet Vermouth as part of the liquid, just like I did when I made the "original" pkg'd mix.
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Judith L      |
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3/27/2009 10:15:00 AM |
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I used Spatini for over 40 years so we, as well as my children's families were really upset when we could no longer buy it. Thanks so much for this recipe. It's not exact but close enough to satisfy.
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Theresa     |
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7/10/2008 5:34:00 PM |
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Very close. I grew up on Spatini. I cut down the amount of oregano, and increased the garlic, and it is even closer, at least to me. Love the secret ingredient!
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Christy S      |
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3/3/2008 9:45:00 PM |
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I had never used Spatini or even heard of it. But it seemed so simple I decided to try it. My kids said it was the best spaghetti they had ever had and now I use this solely.
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Chris R      |
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2/12/2008 5:56:00 AM |
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This recipie is perfect! Just like I remember. But you don't need the cornstarch or the powdered sugar - they're just filler. Nice job.
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Patty     |
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9/6/2007 3:42:00 PM |
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Just like Mom used to make! Thanks!
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Laura      |
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9/4/2007 4:36:00 PM |
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Perfect!!!! This is the only way my son will eat spaghetti. We tried it and he ate it up. Thanks!!!!
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Susan   |
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8/3/2007 8:50:00 PM |
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Doesn't taste like Spatini. Something in this recipe tastes funny...maybe too much sugar/cornstarch.
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Kevin      |
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7/24/2007 4:31:00 PM |
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After 30+ years of use, thanks for the recipe.
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